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The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

ONLY n few short weeks ago Colonel
Arvizu, Lieutenant Guitercz and Louis
Rencon brought squad of soldiers TO
tue American side and attempted 10 re-
lease n Mexican whom officers were tax.
ing care Of TO keep him out Of trouble.
a trial 10y court-mar,lal followed their
arrest. and they were sentenced to be
shot. which was carried out. The above
could be easily commented upon II true,
but IL is officially denied nj Mexican
headquarters.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21
. coNn,uuos,L AcoKrrANcrY

IN boat drililrH idly Ii}'
sata youth and d matirn ihiri
The -uuisani- ,laJrd nj hide and seek
Ia the inngili uf hrF h1iri A.
Before her be at eucAanIel'
Charmed ly hef m's.r spell
III. dnrk .y.s mntoly pisadinS
The love he l0asri 60 tr.l
"Iaafrlca, dear BE- whispered z
-wonhi /, not h. a i.cntlhii dream
To- drift nn thus forever
Along Lies placid 'ireams
u ntries played Hith he iii!af toPesi
II SHOULDN'T Hiui it, Sod,
Drifting wiz. yuu tUuu me sifriHi"i Lie
Iflmlrht ft,,-r.' sh' --li.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

Tnosg who have been giving the sub-
jcct good deal OF attention. estimate
thn, loo un people VIII b- added ;n this
States population this year. iIy this Is
not mraii! tina, each family is to have
twin, nr itiplc,s. but the accession will
b. Irom other aud older States.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

Ngw HAMPSHIRE has very small
man within It's borders. Recently this
man's father died. and the sou los, one
or tws iays' work In attending tho fun.
erai. Whey ifr csta,c was admins.
tered upon. this son iilci bill. Tor The
time spout Ia going TO the funeral.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

TIM last Legislature created State
Pharmacy Boaui. the object Of which Is
to gug.II a community against unframed
men aud clerks in tile drug lr ucg,
Governor Adams has appointed rs such
loard: ;. I. Kr.tich. or Lcadyillc: Il.
II. Taylor of Color.ui, Springs: Charles
Diuglc aud &. ~. Ford. ol Denver: and
John Best. of Central CIV.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

LEApyILi.r h 10 have 4 grand cele-
bta,.on when n. Midland strikes iha,
place. winch will h. in about u month.
4 i.csdyillc psi-r says "Moun, Massive
will doubtless H. paintri n ycrx dcrp
ici upon that OCCASION" III. toai is
completed 10 within n Few miles Of
I.ucna Vista.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

1SpiN has very strict rules for enforc-
ing good conduct in the civil service.
The postmaster at Cabul defEauded tie
Government. and was sentenced by the
Amccr TO iiosging and then had all
his hair pulled out. What u bald
headed lot Of politicians ". would have
If this rulc were in vogue here! 1t
would cause a revival OF tie old wig
party.-Alta.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21
nlaar.si,ns an,nia..


Doctnr-ilayo you got IN better oi
the ague y.ly
Pauent-No, sor. Ne nn'my wife is
rs bad ~ liver, sOr.
Doctor-Did you get that Whisky and
quininc prescribed:
Patien,-YiS, sor; but IL dill no good
ai all, al all.
Doctor-That Is strange You Took
II according to directions, | suppose!
Pa,ient-Yis, sos; you know man
and his wife are one.
DoctoT-What lias ,ilai Ia do with II Z
ralirni-Wcii. yc sec, s0r. b,in' aswc
are one flesh, TUX the whisky and gave
Biidy the quiuIrc.- Whip.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

EVERY now and then the Afghan
bonniar, question b1hs up In a threat.
snins manner. which makes II appear
~ u both Russia and England were
growing and whining over some s,Fa,e-
ric p1iut They may come Ia blows set,
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

KINGSTON is ;lc name Of the town ai
the terminus of the Eagle river branch
of tile Rio Grandc. II Is said 10 contain
i've hundrcd inhabi,rnts aud thriving.
saloons arr not allowed in tire town
limits. but Just west OF the town thor,
are seven. The stage runs daily he
tween there and clcnwood. making
close connection with the trains.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

JoHS Nonnis-EY. tho w.ll.knnwn
Lcnivillc mining mEn. is now turning
~ gc,Dd pals uf his incoulr into FAST
horsea. AI Louisville recently BE- won
three rne,s, and while the stakes We're
not large he knocked the ,ool box silly.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

WoMES are making great heahway
In Kansas. The supreme Cour, OF tina,
State has jus; decided that married
woman need not take her hnshani's >
name unless she shall elect To do W.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21
.rne nla -, I'D lhs nlne..

Cnstomer-"I must say don't HE
this milk
Mllxmau-"why, what's the matter
with IL"
Just look at 1t. Don't You see tihi
/, is blue 2"
well, yes; it is a little darker than
usual
What Is the Gauss Of ~
II think can explain IT,"
Id ie glad To hear Il. -
you see. We weanel the calf NV
days ago, and probably the Old COW
feels a Little blue nbou, 1t. That's the
only WAY can account for it-Iexas
siftings.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

FFrY.Twu official boodlers in Chi
cago are under 2os indictments for
treasury robbing. This Beats the New
Yorl. record.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21
THE HERALD BRAND.

All stock branded as above on any
part of animal from the tail mp to right
behind the ears. Range, Gartieli,
Rontt, Grand. Eagle. Pi,kin and Mesa
counties, Colorado, Eastern Utah and
southern Wyoming and few select
patches of feeding ground all over.
+. .s.--Thc Spring roundup will soon
commence aud If you don't want all your
stock mayericked come in and see THE
HERALD about IL.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

THEM is no necessity for any man in
Colorado being out of worl. for some
time To come.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

NRNrs tnu tiNr Of hufuH. lnd make tnurs
vhti munoy at Furt inr ~ than NJ any
hfsl thirR cise in the wurii capita! MT
W uufsiFsi! yuu Hru started frrr. 10th
.exs4. n'l nUfas Any uuU can iu N. tsufks
ifrgr cnruluFa aHrr fruu nrst start. Costly
uutut nuf igrril FIRE. better not delay. Costs
,oit nntllu4 fl sfuf us 1ulfr address aui nnd
out: " yur arJs yiaf yruwiii dD ~ at once. ~.
U,it.rf1 s TO-. Portland. Maine.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

TnE Utos are moving, says the Dur
nngo Herald. 1t may not be generally
known. but il is fact. They are all
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

AnN X on tho vrupPor or margin Of your
,s.per sisniaesygur .sit-.rip;iou has ospir-i,
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21
CITADEL,

The imp1rieI English shire stallion no. aus
English SHIRE H,iid hook, NJ Insiini, f'siici
~, .o.or mahnsuny bay, vr.Fhi lsiol viii
stand ihf ensuing season from April ii To
August isu a. the Aeckrr smti-s, nocker,
coia, Turns, ss0ul for the soas n. Ia be- PAID
al time ~ nrst -rryiee. Al mares not getting
With foal can h. returned ior another fnaErl for
the next seaspn without urlher cost. Al
nures .eni for service viii r-c.iyr the best u
care and ps,iunisc, At owners risk, IRE. of
ehar,r. n. u. LEpSAnD.
The Meeker herald., 1887-05-21

Entered Ia tsr Pos,6,tce al MecErr, Garncld
caunt,. Colo. 10 s'cond-oil,ss niali matter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
STATISTICS OF CONVICT LABOR.
Locally and in Certain Industries Only Does
1t SeriOuIy Effect Free Labor.

Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of
Labor, has submitted to the Secretary of
the Interior, at Washington, his second
annual report, which relates entirely to
the subject of convict labor The re-
port says that the number of prisoners
of all grades employed in the insti-
tutions covered by the report is Ga. 600
SIS, ia males and 1895 females. OF
this total number As, 277 are engaged in
productive labor, 10, $50 are engaged III
prison duties, and 3, 972 are sick or idle.
Of the total number IA, 627 are en-
ployed under the public account system,
10, $40 under the contract system, 5, 756
under the piece price system, and 8, 1O4
under the lease system. New York
State has 9,709 convicts, being the larg-
est number of any State, and Wyoming
Territory, with eonvicts, stands at the
foot of the list This prison population
of "a, 600 has proportion of one in fifty
to those engaged in mechanical pursuits
The industry employing the greatest
number is that of boots and shoes the
manufacture of clothing stands next,
then stone dressing, then farming, gar
dening, furniture, mining, lumber, and
carpeting in the order named.
The total value of goods made and
work done on productive labor by the
40, 277 convicts in one year is $28, 753.-
999. IS. 1t would have taken 80, 534 free
laborers to have produced the same
quantity of goods in the same time, or,
in other words, free laborer is equal to
1877 cOnvicts, or to reverse the statement,
one convict is equal to .76 of free la
borer. Under the public account sys-
TEN the va'ue of the goods made is IA. %
per cent of the total product; under the
contract system, 60. 80 per cent; under
the piece price system, S.27 ner cent,
and under the lease system, 1850 per
cent. The total product of all penal
institutions is "a of one per cent of the
total products of the industries of the
country.
The report says that it is perfectly
evident from information obtained that
the competition arising from the employ
ment of convicts, as far as the whole
country is concerned, would not of itself
constitute question worthy of serious
discussion, but, locally and in certain
Industries, the competition may be seri.
Gus, and of such proportions as to claim
the most serious attention of Legisla-
lures
Commissioner Wright discusses at
considerable length the advantages and
disadvantages of various systems and
plans suggested as a solution of the con-
Wet labor problem, and arrives at the
conclusion that hand labor, under the
public account system, is, on the whole,
the best yet suggested He recommends
that the different Stltes interested in
this question act together through
representative from each State, all meet,
ing in q congress for the purpose of
adopting or discussing the best plan of
employing convicts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
Ocean Pilots.

All ocean steamers are commanded by
men who have licenses as pilots for every
harbor along their routes. But there is
another class of pilots who make it a
business to lie outside the harbOr for
which they are specially licensed, to
watch for sailing vessels and steamships
coming from a distance, or from foreign
ports.
Such pilot, we must explain to our
inland readers, takes entire charge of out
going and incoming vessels, until they
have passed the dangers surrounding the
coast and harbors of our seas, lakes and
great tidal streams. The Captain of a
ship surrenders its control wholly to the
pilot while he is on board, on pain of for
fixture of the insurance on the vessel in
case of disaster within that time.
There is no craft, perhaps, in this
country which is subject to more rigid
rules than this. The pilots, for ex-
ample, of Delaware Bay have for CEN
fury been governed by certain memorable
customs, as binding as laws. Their bust
ness obliges them to be sober, intelligent,
keen-sighted, and ready-witted men.
When not in charge of a vessel, they are
on large pilOt-bOats, which lie outside of
the capes, sometimes sixty miles at sea,
watching for vessels.
The pilots of New York bay and of
Boston harbor go even farther out to sea,
and are sometimes met with from one to
two hundred miles from the land. They
are cruising about in the track of incom-
ing steamers, and almost always appear
in ample season to offer their services.
But if no pilot comes, the ship lies out
side the harbor and signals for one. The
corps on the pilot-boats have regular
turns, and the pilot to whose lot this YES
sci falls is rowed out to her.
He is bound to answer the signal by
day or by night, in sunshine or in the
fercest storm. Nothing but the absolute
certainty that the boat cannot live in the
sea running between him and the vessel
will release him from his obligation.
A boy who wishes to learn this bust
ness must serve an apprenticeship. For
Philadelphia pilots the term of appren-
ticeship is six years, during which time
the Young man lives on the piIot-boats,
studying the channels, soundings and
dangers. Then, after year and half
of partial responsibility, he becomes a
pilot Youths C0mpallj0H.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
Dreamt in Five Seconds.

I Twas sitting with police official at
his office, and we were discussing some
fantastic story, when an employee came
in and sat down beside us, leaning with
his elbows on the table. 1 looked up
and said to him: "You have forgotten
to make the soup" mo, no; come
with me" We event out together, going
across long corridors, l walking behind
him. at the college where l had been
brought up. He went into wing of
the house which knew we'll, and which
led to the class rooms. Under the stairs
he showed me stove on which stood an
oyster shell with little white paint in
it Il had been mixing water colors the
evening beforey. "But YOU have for
gotten the vegetables Go to the porter
at the other end of the courtyard: YOU
will find them there on-the- table, 1
waited for long time; at last I saw him
making signs to me that he had found
nothing. at is at the left hand side, ="
l shouted, and saw him cross the yard,
coming back with an immense cabbage.
l took knife FRI my pocket, which |
always kept there and at the moment
when was going to cut the vegetable
l was awakened by the noise of bowl
of soup being put heavily on the marble
top of the table next to my bed.
1t appears to me that the idea of soup
was suggested to me by the smell at the
moment when the door was opened by
the servant bringing in the soup while
l was asleep, and it takes five seconds at
the most to walk from the door to the
bed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
How the Game Ended.

One day some men of the Fortleth
New York Infantry came to the paItery
to gamble. l took hand IN the game
of seven-up for 81 corner and 80 on
the rubber. We spread a blanket on
the ground behind the earthWorks
and squatted around it. My part
ner, a Forthieth New York soldier was
a heavy iawed, light haired, blue eyed
lad of nineteen, an Albany boy, VINO
played well, and fought well, too lie
was wit, who, when in the humor,
would make whole regiment OF SICK
men laugh. We were few doliarS
winner, and he was graphically and hu-
morously describing the brigade OF re-
gulars running against a swamp IN the
Wilderness and the mythical conversa'1o ION
between the gray-haired commander ana
the Second Lieutenant just out OF est
Point, as the old soldier asked II there
were any thing in the new books ABOUT
getting a brigade across a swamp, was
delicious. AS we laughed the hand
some lad fell face down into the blanket
and began to vomit blood. We grabbed
him, turned him over, tore up his
shirt, and saw where a ball had entered
his side, cutting cash instead of hole.
The wounded soldier did not speak.
The blood rushed out of his mouth, his
eyes glazed his jaws dropped--he was
dead A chance ball had struck the
tire of one of the wheels Of the No. l
gun and glanced forward and killed the
delightful comrade. His death ended
the game. We put his body alongside
of couple of other dead men, and
buried the three that night. - Recollec-
tions of q Private
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
The PaIeSt Man in Indiana.

'It is not often that to be a cripple is
a fortunate t. ing" SAID Deputy Customs
Inspector Orson B. Curtis yesterday,
''but if I had not lost my left hand dur
ing the war I should have lost 1t two
weeks ago. The way of it was this, "
he went on. ''For eight years I have
been on duty at the ferry dock, much of
the time at night. 1t is my custom to
remain in the office upstairs until boat
touches the dock and then 90 down to
meet the passengers as they land. The
Custom House is built on piles, in fact,
on part of the dock, and when the boat
touches it jars the building, so that,
even if I were taking a 'cat-nap,' it
would awaken me. During all these
eight years have had no vacation until
this month, when I went down into
Indiana On a visit. / was riding at
night in day car, my shoes were off
and was asleep, when the train started
not k ow whether l was even partially
awakened, but the jar impressed me
with the idea that the boat had touched
the dock and, leaving my seat, walked
to the end of the car, opened the door,
went out upon the platform, turned to
the left, descended the steps and stepped
off, in my stocking feet, into the snow.
As 1 did so the car struck me and knock
ed me down, and my arm was SO close
to the rail that a wheel touched my
empty sleeve. Irolled over, away from
the track, and got on my feet so quickly
that caught the rear platform of the
next car I suppose | was the palest
man in Indiana when l got aboard"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
Not the Same.

Some of tht children whom the Fresh
Air Fund sends to the country are less
noted for their good manners than for
their well-developed faculty of observa
ton.
A lady in the western part of New
York State-the wife of a minister-en-
tertained youngster from the Fourth
Ward during his stay in the country.
One evening after the "f'resh Air''
boy had been with her about week,
the lady invited number OF people to
tea.
The guests had seated themselves at
the table, and the blessing had been
asked when the member from the Fourth
Ward picked up his shining silver tea
knife, eyed it keenly, and remarked:
''We amt never had desc knives on
before"
"Hush, James," said the hostess,
blushing slightly.
"Hush, me eye p retorted James; "you
can't play no snide racket on me"-then.
glancing around the table-''You got
desc silver knives jis because desc udder
b okes is here to superb
The mortified hostess was Obliged to
Rdmit the truth of the statement, and
the Fourth Warder ate his meal in dis :
gusted silence. --Drak0 IrareL ers' M.
gaslne,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
A Check in a Coffin.

There was a man who had great bust
ness ability. He had not cent. There
was man who had a cent. The cent
less man with the ability was the kind
of thing the abilityless man with the
cent was looking for. They made a
partnership. One thousand dollars can
ital represented the cented partner, and
the ability the other fellow; and the
combination worked. They made money.
and made more and more still, until one
day the man who had the capital died.
You see the firm was lucky. If the fell
low with the business ability had died
the other fellow might have "busted. y
The partner who died left all his prop
erty to the living partner with the pro
viso, that he should put the original
capital of $1,000 in the coffin. He
wanted capital on the other side, Won
see. and [ suppose he thought that fel-
lows with business ability and no money
were just as much in the majority there
as they are here. Well, the SURVIVING
partner went to the rabbi and told him
all about it. He was honest and consci
entious.
"You go and put it in the coffin-the
iJOVO; YOU Cdh dhOEu III, ana II Will
make your mind easy" SAID the rabbi,
The next time the rabbi met the bust
ness man he found him very happy.
Ibid you settle that thing 2"
ooh, yes; that's all fxed.n
"And you put the $1,000 in the cof
fin 2"
eyes; that is, l put a check there
payable to his order"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
TIE EFFECT OF THIN AIR.
1t Sends Thin BIOOded People Crazy in
AititudinOus Colorado.

SIT is STANCE how some people are af-
fected by the light air and 6, coo feet al
titude of Cheyenne" said Policeman
Bean in a recent conversation. ga short
time ago a book agent reached here from
Denver. He was rather a cadaverous-
looking chap, who didn't seem to pack
around more blood in his constitution
than the law allows. AS the train near
ed Cheyenne he began to glare around
the car as if he was afraid somebody
was going to slug him, and when the
news agent passed through peddling
some oranges he fairly yelled for them
to take him away He was afraid of
being killed. When he reached here he
got spells in the same way, and Lad
a good deal of bother in soothing him.
when he wasn't Tightly he told me
that he had often been troubled that
way When he reached any tolerably high
altitude. The least excitement brought
on fresh spell. I learned afterwards
that he never had any such attacks at
home. In my experience at the depot
here I have known of many people who
have been troubled in the same way.
This seems to be especially true of ladies,
who grow worse until they begin to des-
cend the hill from Sherman to Laramie
City, and on enquiring from the train
men L learned that afterwards they got
through all right"
"You remember that little fellow from
Nevada who cut up such tantrums at the
depot here few months ago2" asked
the Judge.
i he listener intimated that he hadn't
forgotten the circumstances.
"Well, that fellow began to show the
effect of the altitude as the train neared
Cheyenne BY the time he had reached
here he had barricaded himself up in the
retiring room and was about to throw
himself out OF the window when the
trainmer forced their way in and caught
him. He was sure somebody was going
to kill MIN. | got him away from the
crowd and told him I'd protect him,
and finally got him quieted down. The
trainmen looked after him until thev
began to descend from Sherman, and
soon afterwards he appeared to be as
sane rs anybody.
g 1t was-only few days later that an
old lady on the car was taken in the
same way She got it into her head that
q colored woman i'll the far end of the
car had foul designs upon her. Until
une train reached Cheyenne the unfor-.
tunate daughter Of Africa did not dare
move muscle for fear of throwing the
old lady into commissions. Cases Of this
sort turn up often
"What sort of people seem to be most
affected that way2' was asIed
They are generally thin biooded,
nervous people, who, if they are in fair
health, have got but little vitality hack
of them, " was the reply. Every nerv-
Gus old women are often the victims. A
slight jar OF shock sets them to going,
and then the depot rusrler has picnic
on his hands and no mistake. Their
mania always assumes the same phase,
they always believe somebody is going
to kill them. - Cheyenne SIN.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
An AIaskan's Testimonial

Captain Baker, who as commander of
one Of the United States cruisers, took
the surveyors to Alaska, after its pur-
chase by this Government from Great
Britain. tells some stories of adventure
in the land of seals and polar bears
When they arrived there they found a
tribe Of natives quite destitute. One OF
the number a chief, handed Captain
Baker a letter of recommendation So
licitcd by the chief from former Of
fetal placed at that point to represent
Her Majesty, the Queen. 1t informed
" whoever it may concern that the
bearer was the chief OF certain tribe,
and that it would pay those who follow,
ed the writer 10 look out for the fellow.
as he would steal anything he could get
his hands ON - ev hot stove The.
chief was very proud of MS letter, being
Of course, entirely ignorant of its con
tents. and Captain Baker needed the
warning.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24
Cancer.

Cancer, say DIR. Shrady in the Medical
Record, is essentially local disease and
can be cured by operation, in spite of re-
cuTence. Operation, when it does not
cure prolongs life and diminishes the to-
tai amount of suffering. Operations
should be repeated as often as there is
any chance of entirely removing recur-
rent growths. The earlier and the more
thoroughly the operation is performed the
better The disease, when it occurs, is
generally of milder type than that OF
the original growth less painful and less
exhausting. Antiseptic surgery makes
more radical operations possible, with
better ultimate results than formerly OBJ.
tanned,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-03-24

A LADY slipped on the icy walk, and
but for the timely assistance of young
man who was passing she would have
fallen. When the young man had thus
convinced himself that be could really
support woman, he went right away
and proposed to his best girl that they
get married at once.